Arunkumar Arumugam

Resourceful business knowledge professional with 7+ years of success in Procurement. Expertise as a regional commodity buyer in Purchase, Negotiation, Material Planning, Vendor Management, Supply Chain Management and Logistics.

Key Skills

Negotiation
Decision making
Active listening
Business Process Improvement
Client And Stakeholder Relationship Management
Time Management

Professional Experience

Oct 2019
Present
Supply Chain Analyst
Accenture Chennai, IN
Aerospace Industry – Aircraft Manufacturing
• Working in Aerospace industry supporting the Client in Canada, one of the largest Aircraft Engine manufacturer across globe.
• Procurement and resourcing of part from supplier across Canada and USA.
• Engaging in planning activity based on demand from customer.
• Requisitioned materials to restock inventory to obtain goods for engine production.
• Ensuring supplier are promise dating their delivery schedules and reviewing the 8 weeks look ahead of our
production requirement.
• Analyze Excess inventory and transfer the stock to required plant, negotiate with supplier to cancel the schedule
lines if not demand available.
• Parallelly working with Account specialist (Customer) and OM team on daily basis.
• Vendor Development Activities (Sourcing), ensuring no line down situation in production & Assembly.
• Allocate Raw materials to vendors and reconciliation of issued materials to balance MIHV. Checked prices and
calculated totals for accurate invoice processing.
• Action blocked and parked invoices, GR/IR and P2P.
• Work with Quality team to find out liability of RTVs and support in clearing them within TAT.
• Weekly call with Account specialist on discussion about shortage items using Accenture Global tool.
• Establish a strong network and collaboration with client, suppliers, stakeholders and team members.
Aug 2013
Nov 2019
Procurement Specialist
Flextronics Chennai, IN
Electronics Manufacturing Industry
• Supply Chain Management activities (Direct Procurement) for one of the biggest electronic giant industry under the umbrella of Supplier Management and Procurement
• Involved in Bulk Capital Purchases directly from Manufacturers, Vendor Development Activities (Sourcing).
• Implemented best practices in the RFQ management, supplier behavior analysis helped a lot to reduce the TAT
by removing the redundancy in process.
• Ensure zero line down in production line and meet all critical shortages for A, B and C class parts.
• Execution of weekly MRP which includes, Analyzing PR & converting PR to PO, working on MRP signals (POAN),
effective forecast management.
• Global strategic sourcing to cover production shortages, upside demand & WIP discrepancy.
• Working close with Accounts Payable team during invoice discrepancy, reporting potential risk on payment holds.
• Distribution of Excess stocks to sister concern.
• Regular follow-up with suppliers & freight forwarders to ensure they meet stated performance / expected SLA.
• Format Standardization for BAAN uploading.
• Work with third party customs clearing agent / broker team to insure cargo green channel, diligent work on Red
& Yellow channel.
• Handling weekly / Bi-weekly ODM, customer conference calls during NPI and ensure to follow road map to kick
start NPI delivery followed by mass production.

Education

Jul 2013
May 2015
MBA in Loyola College
PU-LC
May 2010
May 2013
B.Com in RKM Vivekananda College
Madras University

Achievements

2018
Platinum
Awarded “Platinum” for consistency in performance on covering shortages during Q3 2018.
2017
Star Buyer
Awarded “Star Buyer” during Q2 2017 for demonstrating outstanding performance on covering shortages,
consistency in green metrics, meeting 4+points during VOP, helping to plan build CTB & deliver FG to customer OT.

Hobbies & Interests

  • Cricket
  • Travelling
  • Watching Webseries

Languages

Tamil
(Native)
English
(Fluent)

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